Analysis reveals how force contributes to total work in systems involving spring and masses.
If work is done by a force on an extended object that rotates or compresses then the work done by F is usually defined as F multiplied by the displacement of the point of application of F . That definition is somewhat misleading since it actually describes the total work done by F . An example is described where a force is applied to two masses connected by a spring.
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